Friday TV: ‘Lucifer’ Arises on Netflix
You can’t keep the devil down. Cancelled on Fox, “Lucifer” (Netflix, streaming) re-emerges on a streaming service for its fifth season — or at least the first half of the…
Thursday TV: Finally, it’s Joe’s Big Night
The 2020 Democratic National Convention (PBS, 8 p.m.; CNN, MSNBC, CSPAN, 9 p.m.; ABC, NBC, CBS, Fox News, 10 p.m.) winds up its odd virtual event — which worked surprisingly…
Wednesday TV: Dodgeball and Democrats
With reality competition shows built around tag, mini-golf and cannonball, it’s about time that there’s one for dodgeball. But not just dodgeball, this is “Dodgeball Thunderdome” (Discovery, where the prize…
Tuesday TV: ‘Dead Pixels’ is Good
Who would have guessed that a year-old British import plucked by CW to fill pandemic-caused holes in its schedule would suddenly emerge as best broadcast prime time comedy? “Dead Pixels”…
Monday TV: Unconventional Convention
Like everything else this year, The Democratic National Convention (PBS, 8 p.m.; CNN, MSNBC, CSPAN, 9 p.m.; ABC, NBC, CBS, Fox News, 10 p.m.) will be very different than years…
Sunday TV: Jolting ‘Lovecraft Country’
If “Watchmen” seemed like an impossible mix of futuristic action, racial history and white supremacy uprising, “Lovecraft Country” (HBO, 9 p.m.) is the network’s latest series to blend the horrors…
Saturday TV: ‘Birds of Prey’ Alight
It was called “Birds of Prey: And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn” (HBO, 8 p.m.) when it was released in movie theaters in February. Soon enough, its name…
Friday TV: Politics, Texas Teen Style
Leave the rancor of the current political season for the one created at the 2018 Texas high school confab “Boys State” (Apple TV+, streaming), where the conservative-leaning delegates are surprisingly…
Thursday TV: Selena Gomez Tries to Cook
The pop star and actress may have skills in those areas but Selena Gomez doesn’t know much about being in the kitchen. So here’s “Selena + Chef” (HBO Max, streaming),…
Wednesday: The Murder of Yusuf Hawkins
The 1989 murder of a black teen by a white mob in Bensonhurst is recounted in the new documentary “Yusuf Hawkins: Storm Over Brooklyn” (HBO, 9 p.m.) that strikes a…